National Poetry Month

In honor of National Poetry Month, our staff put together a list of 12 poems, stunning, mighty, & nourishing.

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• Camille Rankine, “Aubade” in The Academy of American Poets

• Franny Choi, “Introduction to Quantum Theory” in The Adroit Journal 

• Meg Day, “Hymn to a Landlocked God” in Drunken Boat

• Christopher Soto (Loma), “All The Dead Boys Look Like Me” in Literary Hub

• Zeina Hashem Beck, “Naming Things” in The Rialto

• Natalie Diaz, “The Facts of Art” at Poetry Foundation

• Travis Lau, “Fuinjutsu,” “Imago,” & “Arisen” in The Deaf Poets Society

• Saeed Jones, “Boy In Stolen Evening Gown” in The Academy of American Poets

• Aracelis Girmay, “from prayer & letter to the dead” & “from to the sea” in Poets & Writers

• Oliver Baez Bendorf, “I Promised Her My Hands Wouldn’t Get Any Larger” from Ninth Letter

• Lisa Summe, “Elegy” in Waxwing Literary Journal

• Dana Levin, “Banana Palace” in Poetry Magazine